RPC I, 881


Image of specimen #8

Coin type
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Volume	I
Number	881
Province	Mauretania
Region	Africa
City	Iol
Reign	Uncertain
Issue	Under Augustus and Tiberius
Obverse inscription
Obverse design	head of Africa with elephant skin, right
Reverse inscription	CAESAREA
Edition	Caesarea
Translation	Caesarea
Reverse design	dolphin, left
Metal	copper-based alloy
Average diameter	18 mm
Average weight	3.55 g
Axis	3, 5, 6, 8, 10
Reference	Maz 563, Alexandropoulos 149b
Specimens	8 (3 in the core collections)

Number	Museum	Bibliography	Diameter	Weight	Axis	Note	More
1	Cop	SNG 689		3.96	8		Show
2	Cop	SNG 690		2.37	10		Show
3	B: 479/1871			3.98			Show
4	Tunis	see Amandry, ‘Bilan’				variant clearly inscribed with the alternative reading CAESAREA (rather than KAESAREA)	Show
5		H.J. Berk 109, 20 July 1999, lot 422		5.23		with the reading CAESAREA	Show
6		Roma Numismatics EA 26, 30 Apr. 2016, lot 27	18.1	3.36	6	On the obverse, behind Africa’s head, 2 ears of grain.	Show
7		Roma Numismatics EA 47, 28 June 2018, lot 55	18	2.36	5	CAESAREA	Show
8 ✸		P. Villemur coll. = CNG MBS 78, 14 May 2008, lot 1591	18.3	3.56	3		Show

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